And here we are at the Fourth and final gallery post! Time to curl up with some green tea and DVDs and try to get over any con crud you might have picked up. See you next year!
Sakura-con 2012 Cosplay Gallery Part 3
April 10, 2012 by 2 Comments
The weather was perfect for cosplay shooting out at the Convention Center park! The crowds were intense, but the staff was stellar at keeping the foot traffic going.
Sakura-con 2012 Cosplay Gallery Part 2
April 10, 2012 by 3 Comments
Sakura-con 2012 Cosplay Gallery Part 1
April 9, 2012 by 3 Comments
Sakuracon 2012 may be billed as an anime convention, but everyone there knows it’s all about the cosplay! This merely part 1 of our 4 part gallery series!
Image Engine Opens New Facility at Great Northern Way
April 5, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The Digital Media Center on Great Northern Way in Vancouver continues to expand with a new facility opened by Image Engine, the special effects house responsible for District 9 and Twilight: Breaking Dawn. The new unit will provide rotoscoping work for Image Engine’s 2012-2013 productions, R.I.P.D. and Elysium. They hope to provide jobs for the many graduates of Vancouver’s Visual Effects schools, which provide 70% of their new hires.
Source: MarketWatch.
Vancouver Cringes Painfully at Its own Stereotypes
April 5, 2012 by Leave a Comment
As part of its ongoing mission to define and depict Canadian Culture, the CBC has posted a video about Vancouver Stereotypes that are absolutely true. I will point out that spending an entire minute on our “rioting” ways confirms the larger Canadian stereotype of politeness. In the grand scheme of rioting cities, Vancouver is kind of chump change. We did, however, raise protesting to industry level with the invention of Greenpeace and Adbusters.
Source: Vancity Buzz
Penny Arcade Adventures 3 is Reborn
April 5, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain Slick Precipice of Darkness was all but cancelled at PAX East 2010. Flagging sales and a long, painful “he said, she said” rift between Penny Arcade and the developer, Hothead had sealed the series from any future instalments. But now, a 3rd episode is finally on the horizon by way of Cthulhu Saves the World developer Zeboyd games. The dynamic Duo of Bill Stiernberg and Robert Boyd have teamed up with Penny Arcade’s Jeff Kalles to create a retro RPG adventure using a combination of Final Fantasy V‘s graphics and Grandia‘s combat system. The new game will be available over Steam, iOS, Google Play and (sigh) Xbox live Indie Channel for $2.99 this summer.
Source: Joystiq
New Sleeping Dogs Gameplay Trailer
April 4, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Square Enix has released a new Gameplay trailer for United Front Games’ open world Hong Kong action game, Sleeping Dogs. The video shows off some of the more harrowing aspects of the game’s driving sections, which feature street racing and high speed gun battles.
Source: Reviews on the Run
Fan’s Speculate Christopher Judge’s role in The Dark Knight Rises
April 4, 2012 by Leave a Comment
In a recent appearance on the David Boze Radio show, Christopher Judge speaks about his role in the upcoming Dark Knight Rises movie. We still don’t know what character he’ll be playing, but we do know that he’ll be involved in a fight scene with Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who we know will be playing the role of Police Officer John Blake. In the show, Judge also has some sad news about a third Stargate film. While there was one in the development pipe, it’ll likely never see the light of day due to MGM’s financial troubles.
Source: Cosmic Book News
Oni Press Takes Over As Publisher of ‘Penny Arcade’ Print Books
April 4, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Penny Arcade announced at the Emerald City Comicon that it would be switching over to Oni Press from Dark Horse for their 8th print volume, “Magical Kids in Danger”. From the Press Release:
“This was a no-brainer for us,” said Oni Press publisher Joe Nozemack. “The guys at Penny Arcade are driven by the same rebellious desire to create that led to our starting Oni Press. We emerged from the same zeitgeist. The first Oni Press comic was published at the end of 1997, and Penny Arcade hit the web in 1998. We aren’t just peers, we come from the same graduating class.”
The new volume will be released August 29, 2012 for $14.99.
Source: ComicsAlliance
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